[...]... your e-books into calibre s library Click the ‘Add books’ button in the tool bar at the top of the window, then select the e-books you would like calibre to import When calibre imports your ebooks it makes a copy of them in the storage location you specified during initial setup Once you’ve added an ebook, calibre doesn’t need further access to the original file During an e-book import, calibre tries to... converting e-books with calibre is simple and straightforward: 1 Open Calibre and select the e-book to convert in the library list 2 Connect your e-book reader to your computer Calibre will take a moment to detect and scan your ebook reader 3 Click the ‘Send to device’ button in the top tool bar 4 Calibre is smart enough to know if the book is in a format supported by your reader If it’s not, calibre will ask... problems 2.3: Conversion basics The first thing you need to do is find out what formats your e-book reader supports The Kindle supports AZW3, MOBI, PRC, AZW1, TPZ, PDF and TXT The Kobo supports EPUB, PDF, MOBI, RTF, CBZ, CBR, and TXT The Nook supports EPUB, and PDF Don’t let this scare or confuse you; all of the major e-book readers support multiple formats Even with this jumble of letters, you only need... its own way Think of the storage location as a black box You don’t do anything with it – calibre manages the storage location for you If you have used calibre in the past and are installing a new version, or if you have moved your library, then it’s okay to indicate a directory with an existing calibre library calibre is smart enough to know to use an existing library when it sees one Click ‘next’... indicator Whenever calibre is working on something (conversion, sending books to the reader, downloading news, etc.) the circular icon will spin and the number will reflect the number of jobs (activities) calibre is working on You can click any part of the jobs indicator to show more detail about the jobs in progress Common Tasks Let’s take a look at a few of the common tasks people use calibre for: 1... click it to try to have calibre download one from the internet Now that you have your e-books in calibre there are a few different ways to find specific e-books in your library Direct Searching is one of the fastest ways Above the book list there is a Search field Think of it like having Google built into calibre Just type a few key words into the Search field Try the author, title, series, or anything... just use the default ‘Generic’ choice This selection provides some conversion optimization for formats requiring fixed sizes Click ‘next’ and then ‘finish’ Congratulations, you’ve successfully installed and configured calibre! If at any time you want to run the welcome wizard again, click the downward facing arrow to the right of the Preferences button (looks like a set of three gears) in the top tool... dialog Calibre will display possible matches for the information entered If there is more than one result select the entry that looks like the best match A lot of information should be filled in now Above the ‘Download metadata’ button and to the top, right of the cover image is the ‘Download cover’ button If the book doesn’t have a cover showing or if you don’t like the cover, click it to try to have calibre. .. your reader If it’s not, calibre will ask you if you want to auto convert Say yes, and calibre will take care of the conversion and put the book on your reader That’s all there is to it Doing it is easier than it sounds because all you need to do is select the book you want on your device and click ‘Send to device.’ Calibre worries about the formats and converting for you 2.5: More robust conversion... like a web page Next, click ‘Page Setup’ If you didn’t select your device during the welcome wizard, you can set it here The input and output profiles provide specialized optimization for your selected device Be aware that not all formats are affected by the profile That’s it for the basic conversion options Every option in the conversion dialog has a description of what it does and is displayed when . contribute to calibre s development. Throughout this guide and the online docs you will see calibre instead of Calibre . That’s the convention Kovid chose, so that’s what we use. The purpose of calibre. author, rating, etc Calibre converts between multiple e-book formats. Calibre supports a growing number of e-book readers, including Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and many others. Calibre is composed of. new empty directory for calibre s exclusive use. Calibre manages the e-books you give it in its own way. Think of the storage location as a black box. You don’t do anything with it – calibre manages